Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Using CT and gadolinium ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid enhanced MRI to determine remnant functional liver volume can predict morbidity after hepatic resection due to hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a study published in Hepatology Research.

Discovering links between hepatocellular carcinoma and direct-acting antivirals, exploring risk factors for HCC, conducting clinical trials of new medications for the disease — these are just some of the ways researchers are working towards finding a cure for liver cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma — according to one report — will take 27,000 lives this year and another 40,000 cases will be diagnosed. Earlier this year, the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer reported deaths by hepatocellular carcinoma held the highest rate of all common cancers between 2003 and 2012.

Americans consider cancer the most significant health care challenge in the United States, according to results of the Mayo Clinic National Health Checkup survey.

October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month, and Bayer and the American Liver Foundation announced the third consecutive year of a shared initiative to draw attention to the disease, according to a press release.

Given equal participation rates, fecal immunochemical tests and colonoscopy are more effective and less expensive than multitarget stool DNA tests for average-risk colorectal cancer screening, according to the results of a simulation study.

The well-being of relatives and friends who provided unpaid cancer care was associated with the perceived quality of care for patients with lung or colorectal cancers, according to data from a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Magnetic resonance imaging — as opposed to ultrasound — offers a significantly greater chance of detecting hepatocellular carcinoma early, according to a prospective surveillance study published in JAMA Oncology.

A number of lifestyle factors, particularly tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption, were associated with the risk for developing potentially malignant serrated colorectal polyps in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.

Black men who have ever smoked tobacco and drank alcohol have the highest incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma compared with other races and women, according to recent study data.

The addition of a telephone-based cancer control navigation intervention to a helpline’s existing services helped callers access cancer control measures, according to study results presented at AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.